However, this is indicative of a larger problem in the industry as a whole, as I also read today that Square-Enix is taking a similar approach to “exploring new business models”.

The big AAA budgets are becoming unsustainable. Mobile games are becoming popular. They aren’t drawing in new fans, so they want to figure out ways to extort as much money from the people who are still buying AAA titles as possible.

Online passes, “season passes”, microtransactions and the like are cries of an industry desperate to stay afloat. (Y’know, because it isn’t an issue of not having quality titles or anything…)

Back to Capcom specifically, they are supposedly learning from their mistakes, and also announced that Breath of Fire II would get a port…